geomori

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)mer-“to assign, allot”
2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromγεωμόροι
3. English todaygeomori

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γεωμόροι (geōmóroi), ultimately from γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + μέρος (méros, “part, share, portion”), whence the latter comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to assign, allot”). Doublet of gamoroi.

Words from the same roots